No way aliasjerk.
I got 26mpg in my zetec dogging the living crap outta it (that was only time I ever really measured it). I know on the highway at high speed, it was great. Probably around 35mpg. The automatic actually helped that as it keeps the rpm's lower at high speed.
My duratec kills me. I actually get on it less when I drive it than my other cars and it drinks a lot more gas. I don't really care to measure, but I'd expect to be around 20mpg city (though it's got miles, precats seem to be bit clogged, and even though I get on it less than my other cars, I still romp on it here and there). It would be OK on the highway except with the mtx it is revving so darn high at the speeds I drive.